Writing-tablet.



No. 659,742. Patented Oct. Hi, I900. I

M. J. GREEN. I I

WRITING TABLET.

(Application filed July 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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Numb STATES ATENT FFIcE.

MICHAEL J. GREEN, on NEW YoRK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO BLANoHE M. I

GREEN, on SAME PLAcE.

WRITING-TABLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,742, dated October 16, 1900.

Application filed July 27, 1900.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. GREEN, residing at 1'70 West One Hundred'and Twentythird street, in the city of New York, in the con nty of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful arrangement for the teaching of penmanship, to be known as a Writing-Tablet, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and easilyoperated writing-tablet for use in teaching writing.

The invention consists of a base-board of any suitable material, having suitable devices for supporting the copy in the form of a slip and adapted to receive a movable writing-sheet, which may be moved line for line beneath the copy as the pupils work proceeds. By this means I avoid the necessity of what is commonly known as a copybook, and the pupil is supplied with only a single sheet at a time, and the work is al ways immediately before the pupils as well on the first line of the sheet as on the last.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the two figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken substantially in the plane of line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

The base a may be of cardboard or any other suitable material and preferably is of stiff and substantial material, so as to sustain the wear of long usage. One end of this board is provided with longitudinally-arranged loops 1) of cord or elastic material or any suitable material, and these loops are adapted to receive strips c of paper or other material containing thecopyorobjectto be copied. A sheet 61 of paper or other writing material, preferably ruled, is placed upon the board a, and when a copy has been made by the pupilupon the first line that line is slipped beneath the copy-slip c and a new line brought into position to be written upon, and this process is repeated Serial No. 25,003. (No model.)

until the sheet (I is filled, when it may be replaced by a fresh sheet.

I prefer to secure to the board a a strip 6, of cloth, ribbon, orother fabric or material, within the loops 1), and this strip 6 may be pasted at its edges to the board, so as to leave an opening between its under surface and the upper surface of the board through which the sheet d may be moved. This strip e serves to reinforce the copy-slip o.

By the construction described a very simple and efficient apparatus for the use of writing-pupils is provided. Much better penmanship and a great saving in the cost of writing material will result from the use of this invention.

What I claim is- 1. A writing-tablet, comprising a base having at one end longitudinal loops adapted to receive a copy-slip, and a movable writing-sheet, substantially as described.

2. A writing-tablet, comprising a base having at one end longitudinally-arranged loops, a reinforcing-strip secured between said loops by its ends and left free between said ends, the loops being adapted to receive the copyslip, beneath which slip and the reinforcingslip a writing-sheet may be movably applied, substantially as described.

3. A writing tablet, for use in teaching writing, comprising a base having longitudinal loops at its ends which are adapted to receive a copy-slip, beneath which slip and upon the base a writing-sheet may be placed and progressively moved as each line is filled, so as to present a fresh line immediately adjacent to the copy-slip, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Ihavehereunto subscribed my name this 5th day of February, 1900.

MICHAEL J. GREEN.

Witnesses:

WM. I-I. FINcKEL, JANE S. FAIR. 

